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TimelyInformation for the
Busy �7
Farmer
( Furnished by the Department of Agriculture
Demand Approved Chicks i organization of the growers and co
operation between the growers,, job
leers and shippers of this province,'
said W. B. Somerset, chairman, Out
aria Marketing Board, at the Fru
and Vegetable Jobbers' Convention
"The disorderly marketing of these
products, as' carried on last season,
was close to chaos. One outstanding
example of what could be' done, how-
ever, wasexplained rtothe eonv'entibn
by Mr. Atkin, president of the 'South
Essex group of eo-operatives, which
handle their marketing through one
central organization at Leamington,
"In the Leamington district there
are four Co-operatives, or Co-opera-
tive Associations of Growers, which
have erected central packing plants
and which combine forces through
a central organization for the purpose
of securing orderly distribution.
One of the most significant com-
pliment federal poultry policies have.
received in recent years was given
at a meeting of hatcherytnen in Ham-
ilton the other day, when it was ass
erted in support of the Federal Pol-
icy of Hatchery Approval that the
eutstanding reason why hatcherymen
should be identified with the policy
was "the public are demanding ap-
proved chick's." Hatchery Approval
is now entering its fourth year of op-
eration and it is doing a lot toward
the building up of quality and value
in poultry flocks on Canadian forms.
Too Much Silage
Authorities claim that silage is an
extra good feed if it is not abused.
Two kinds of abuse are to feed too
much and let the surplus accumulate
in the mangers. It should not be for-
gotten that silage is largely water.
If the cows are encouraged to cram,
themselves with silage at the expense
of grain and hay they will not be
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g t tg enough nutrients to sustain
their bodies and a profitable flow of
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